His eyes, still red, and the napkins in his hand for dabbing told a different story. When he starts out by telling us that, your heart just stops. We had just about every emotion you possibly can. They traded Mike Aviles to Toronto to get Farrell back, one of the rare instances...
The Red Sox hit three of them in their 15-1 victory over the Mariners on Friday night, the rout coming just hours after the team found out that its manager had been diagnosed with lymphoma and was taking a leave of absence. He will begin chemotherapy next week.
All things considered, Jon Lester came away from a conversation with John Farrell feeling optimistic about the Boston Red Sox manager’s Stage 1 lymphoma diagnosis.
The Red Sox were then guilty of three straight infield miscues, two of them by first baseman Mike Napoli, and Rodriguez capped the rally with his walk.